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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

4,882 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 245

Pitt Town Labor Farm

Evening News · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 2

WINDSOR, Tuesday.—Great improvements are noticeable on the Pitt Town Casual Labor Farm. As the Pitt Town Co-operative Settlement it was a veritable white elephant, but under existing…

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Farmers and Settlers at Tumut

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 3

At a large and enthusiastic meeting of farmers and settlers at Tumut on Saturday last it was unanimously resolved to form a branch of…

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Produce from Bathurst Farm. Notes on Report by London Experts on Consignments of Bathurst Farm Tegs Sold to Messrs. Barre, Johnson and Co., and Shipped by Them to London

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 7

From the Chief Inspector of Stock we have received the following information:— Messrs. Manning and Co., in the…

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Dairy News. Bega

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 9

The output of butter of the New South Wales Creamery Company factory for January was 45 tons…

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Dairying Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 9

MORUVA, Monday.--For the four weeks ending December 28 the Moraya Dairy Company's factory treated 25, 963 standard gallons of milk, producing 25,050lb. of marketable chees. which was at 1 12d for loaf and…

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London Wool Market. London, January 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 9

Business houses in the various local areas engaged in the textile trade have not yet got free from the taking season and its effects, coupled with stocktaking and balancing. Hence the local markets have…

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London Wool Market. Opening of the Year

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 3

LONDON, January 5.--Wool matters continue quiet on all sides, but, as usual, this has but little effect on the general trade, owing to the fact that stock-takings and balance-sheets loom large…

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Farm, Station, and Dairy. Treatment of Mountain Soils

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 5

There is a class of agriculturists, very distinct from every-other, which demands special instruction, and deserves our best assistance and most fervent sympathy, We allude to-the large…

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Strange Deaths of Men and Cattle. Was it Anthrax? A Magisterial Inquiry

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 1

A magisterial enquiry was held at the Courthouse, Parramatta, last Friday, by Mr. T. E. MacNevin, P.M., regarding the death of Patrick Leahy…

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Turf Topics and Tips. Caulfield Autumn Meeting. 'Plate and Purse Probabilities—Newmarket and Cup Acceptances and Betting—Prospects ol the V.R.C., Meeting—Intercolonial Notes. Selections for Moorefield. Notes at Warwick Farm—The Watchdog and Fairy Prince—The Bushmen's Race Meeting—Seahorse Arrives. V.R.C. ACCEPTANCES

Referee · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 3

On monday last there was a lot of weeding out done from the lists of several V.R.C. events, but it is evident a few have been left in by inadvertence. The…

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Destruction of Farm Houses. Protest From the Two Presidents. London, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 7

Presidents Kruger and Steyn sent to Lord Roberts a combined protest against the destruction of farm houses by the British troops…

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Dairy News. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 9

At the half-yearly meeting of the Robertson Park Dairy Company a satisfactory report and balancesheet were adopted. The total revenue from th[?] sale of butter to the Berrima District Farm and…

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Dairying Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 11

BEGA. Tuesday.--The output of butter from New South Wales Creamery for the month of January was 45 tons…

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Farmhouses Destroyed. a Boer Protest. Lord Roberts in Reply

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--Presidents Kruger and Steyn have sent a joint protest to Field- .Marslinl Lord Roberts against the destruction of farmhouses by the British forces…

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Bad Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 8

At the Central Court yesterday, before Mr. Smithers S.M., Philip Abrahams was prosecuted for having sold 32lb. of butter unfit for food to Mary Ann Parkes, restaurant-keeper, of 91 Liverpool-street. Inspector Baker…

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Australian Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--A cargo of 8500 quarters of Victorian wheat, February shipment, has been sold at 29s 4 12d per quarter…

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Wheat Vessels

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 4

Messrs. J. Bell and Co. expect to dispatch the barque Dumfriesshire from Melbourne to-day, with 16,598 bags wheat for the Channel…

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Wool Loading

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 8

To-day Messrs. J. S. Mailler and Co. will clear the [?] ship Loch Broom for London, in command of Captain Redford. The ship is in admirable order, and has had good despatch. Under batches are, besides large lines of general…

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 5

LONDON,. February 7.—Eight thousand five hundred quarters of Victorian wheat, February shipment, have been sold at 29s 4[?]d per quarter…

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Butter for the English Market

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 4

The P. and O. R.M.S. Himayala, sailing hence on Saturday for London, takes 7173 boxes of butter for the English market. Of the shipment 2175 boxes are from Brisbane, the balance being…

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